Newark Liberty International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport
IATA: EWR ICAO: KEWR FAA LID: EWR WMO: 72502
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey
Operator	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Serves	New Jersey and New York metropolitan area
Location	Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey
Hub for	FedEx Express United Airlines
Elevation AMSL	18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	40°41′33″N 074°10′07″W
Website	newarkairport.com
Maps
FAA diagram
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4L/22R 11,000 3,353 Asphalt/Concrete 4R/22L 10,000 3,048 Asphalt 11/29 6,726 2,050 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 40 12 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations[1] 458,674 Passengers (ACI)[1] 46,065,175
Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[1]

Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR), first named Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an airport located in New Jersey. It is located between Newark and Elizabeth. It is around 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is owned by the city of Newark and run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was the first major airport in the United States.^[2] It is the busiest airport in the New York metropolitan area by number of flights.^{[N 1][3]}

The New York City metropolitan area's John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty International airports are the largest airport system in the United States. They are the second busiest system of airports in the world by number of passengers. They are the busiest in the world in terms of total flight operations. In 2012, the airport had just under 34 million million passengers. JFK had 49.3 million, and LaGuardia had 25.7 million.^[4][5]

On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 left Newark on its way to San Francisco International Airport. Two hours later, it crashed into a field just outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all crew members and passengers on the plane. The passengers had tried to take over the plane from a team of terrorists who took over it. Had it not crashed in Pennsylvania, it is believed that the plane would have crashed into the United States Capitol or the White House.^[6] In 2002, to honor the people who were killed on September 11, the airport's name was changed from Newark International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport.

Further information: September 11 attacks

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Aer Lingus	Dublin	[7]
Air Canada	Calgary, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver	[8]
Air Canada Express	Halifax, Montréal–Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto–Pearson	[8]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	[9]
Air India	Delhi, Mumbai	[10]
Air Premia	Seoul–Incheon	[11]
Alaska Airlines	Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma	[12]
Allegiant Air	Appleton (begins May 17, 2024),[13] Asheville, Cincinnati, Des Moines, Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Grand Rapids, Knoxville, Savannah	[14]
American Airlines	Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, Phoenix–Sky Harbor	[15]
American Eagle	Chicago–O'Hare	[15]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	[16]
British Airways	London–Heathrow	[17]
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City	[18]
Delta Connection	Boston, Cincinnati, Raleigh/Durham	[8]
Egyptair	Cairo	[19]
El Al	Tel Aviv	[20]
Emirates	Athens, Dubai–International	[21]
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Lomé	[22]
French Bee	Paris–Orly	[23]
Icelandair	Reykjavík–Keflavík	[24]
JetBlue	Cancún, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Orlando, Punta Cana, San Juan, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Tampa, West Palm Beach Seasonal: Aruba, Montego Bay	[25]
La Compagnie	Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Nice Seasonal charter: St. Maarten	[26]
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal: Kraków, Rzeszów	[27]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	[28]
Porter Airlines	Ottawa, Toronto–Billy Bishop	[29]
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	[30]
Spirit Airlines	Atlanta, Austin, Charleston (SC), Charlotte (begins April 5, 2024),[31] Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit,[32] Fort Lauderdale, Houston–Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix–Sky Harbor,[32] Pittsburgh, San Antonio (begins April 5, 2024),[31] San Juan Seasonal: Tampa	[33]
Sun Country Airlines	Minneapolis/St. Paul Seasonal: Madison	[34]
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich	[35]
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon, Porto	[36]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul	[37]
United Airlines	Aguadilla, Amsterdam, Antigua, Aruba, Atlanta, Austin, Barcelona, Barbados, Berlin, Bogotá, Bonaire, Boston, Brussels, Cancún, Cape Town, Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Curaçao, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dubai–International, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Geneva, Guatemala City, Honolulu (ends April 13, 2024),[38] Houston–Intercontinental, Jacksonville (FL), Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Key West, Las Vegas, Lima, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madison, Madrid, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Munich, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, Orange County, Orlando, Panama City, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Rome–Fiumicino, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San José del Cabo, San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sarasota, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Louis, St. Lucia–Hewanorra, St. Maarten, Tampa, Tel Aviv,[39] Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Tulum (begins March 31, 2024),[40] Washington–Dulles, West Palm Beach, Zürich Seasonal: Albuquerque, Anchorage, Athens, Belize City, Bermuda, Bozeman, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Columbus–Glenn, Cozumel, Dubrovnik, Eagle/Vail, Faro (begins May 24, 2024),[41] Grand Cayman, Greenville/Spartanburg, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Indianapolis, Jackson Hole, Kansas City, Liberia (CR), Málaga, Milwaukee, Montréal–Trudeau (begins August 1, 2024),[42] Montrose, Myrtle Beach, Naples, Nice, Norfolk, Palma de Mallorca, Ponta Delgada, Portland (ME), Porto, Reykjavík–Keflavík (resumes May 23, 2024),[43] Rochester (NY), Savannah, Shannon, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, Stockholm–Arlanda, Syracuse, Tenerife–South, Vancouver, Venice	[44][45]
United Express	Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Bangor, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, Harrisburg, Indianapolis, Ithaca, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Key West, Louisville, Madison, Manchester (NH), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montréal–Trudeau, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Presque Isle, Providence, Quebec City, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Sarasota, Savannah, St. Louis, State College, Syracuse, Toronto–Pearson, Washington–Dulles, Washington–National, West Palm Beach, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Wilmington (NC) Seasonal: Asheville, Halifax (resumes May 23, 2024),[46] Hilton Head, Nantucket, Pensacola, Rapid City, Traverse City	[44][45]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Amerijet International	Orlando, San Juan	[47]
Ameriflight	Albany, Boston, Harrisburg	[48]
Atlas Air	Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston–Intercontinental, Louisville, Providence	[49]
Cargojet	Bermuda	[50]
DHL Aviation	Cincinnati	[51]
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai–International	[52]
FedEx Express	Albany, Allentown, Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Greensboro, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, Norfolk, Oakland, Ontario, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Portland (OR), Richmond, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul–Incheon, Washington–Dulles	[53]
UPS Airlines	Anchorage, Chicago/Rockford, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Hartford, London–Stansted, Louisville, Ontario, Tokyo–Narita	[54]

Notes

1. "Newark Liberty International Airport is an airport of firsts: the first major airport in the New York metropolitan area, the first with a control tower, and now the area's busiest. Sandwiched between the New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Routes 1 and 9, and I-78, the airport handles more flights (though not as many passengers) as Kennedy International Airport, despite being 40 percent of the land size. The airport serves as a hub for United Airlines, among 50 other scheduled carriers. The City of Newark built the airport on 68 acres of marshland in 1928, and the Army Air Corps operated the facility during World War II. After the Port Authority took it over in 1948, an instrument runway, a terminal building, a control tower and an air cargo center were added. The airport's original 1935 central terminal building is a National Historic Landmark. Newark Liberty employs more than 24,000 people." Ken Belson, "Newark Liberty International Airport (NJ)" The New York Times July 10, 2008

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Other websites

• Newark Liberty International Airport (official site)
• "World's Busiest Airport" Popular Mechanics, May 1937
• How To Get To Newark Airport Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine